Week of October 28th, 2012

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October Specials

Back by popular demand, I am giving away one E2 Cricut machine to a
lucky customer. To be eligible to win, you have to place an order on my
Close To My Heart website this month. That is it! I will draw a winner
November 1st.

The October stamp of the month is a total must have! It is called Very Merry Christmas and
coordinates with the Artiste cartridge, so if you have that cartridge
you are going to want to snatch this up! It makes tag making a total
snap!

As always, this stamp set (retail price of $17.95) is only $5 with any order of $50 or more!

Now don't forget that you can still buy the fabulous Artisteand Art Philosophycartridges, so if you have not taken the plunge yet, come on in the water is great!

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OH my goodness what a beautiful card Melanie Thanks for doing such an awesome job at showcasing how the CTMH cartridge & stamps work together I love it. I will be ordering this Oct. stamp set soon.Thanks for all your hard work with your busy schedule.

This card is classy, elegant, yet simple, love it! Start thinking around June/July what I'll be doing for Christmas so I can get an early start. I do about 30 and sometimes find that's never enough. Thanks for sharing your talents and ideas.

I Love this Card!!! But the one question I have is can you please do a Video tutorial on how you made such a perfect Bow?! For the life of me I cannot make mine come out and this is so perfect!! Please!!! LOL Aloha Shar

Oh this is really simple and beautiful! I have at least 50 cards to do and this would be a good one. Would you share how you made the bow so nice and perfect? Pretty please? :) mimimyselfandibykigz.blogspot.com

Great card! I really like how you did the strip of ribbon behind the mat and the bow on top of the ornament. The pearls make it so elegant!

I don't send out a lot of cards--maybe 20-30 each year. I always make a few extra just in case I get cards from people I've forgotten to put on my list or who unexpectedly send me a card that I wasn't expecting.

I send out about 50 Christmas cards each year. I usually try to make 40 of one mass-produced style, then I make about 10 "special" ones for the special people in my life. I already started both kinds, so I'm on my way to being able to mail by the beginning of December.I'm loving all the cards you're making with this new stamp set! Thanks for the chance to win!

Beautiful card! I have actually never sent out Christmas cards before but my fiance and I got engaged in April so we will be sending out our first Christmas cards together. :)I am thinking of sending a lot of cards so that all the family can see the pictures from our engagement.

Oh how I wish I could afford to buy everything you demonstrate! Such great ideas and very elegantly done! But, sadly, my budget only allows me to look and get ideas, but thank you for that. In the past our cards list has been about 80.

Great card! Let's see, I probably send to about 40 people, but it's a very exclusive list. Bascially it's people that I ONLY send Christmas cards to....friends that are far away that I don't keep up with on a day-to-day or week-to-week basis. Basically if I talk to you or email you you don't get a card because you already know what's going on with me. Otherwise, the number would be a lot close to 100+

I send cards to about 25 family members that are scattered all over the US & send to about r friends that don't live nearby. Approximately another 40 are hand delivered with small gifts. I love the B is for Boy cartridge. I've looked at it several times but have always put it back because there are no young boys in. our family. But when you really look at it, it has great kids cuts that are gender neutral...onsies, toys, pets, etc. thanks got three great giveaway.

I really like this card. Simple, but elegant. Those are my favorite. I make computer Christmas cards - about 60. But during December I make all my birthday and anniversary cards for the next year - all scrapbook cards. Love to do this. And there are about 135 of those.

I love both the card and the scrapbook page. I never start early enough to get Christmas cards done as I send out to at least 130+ people each year. I do however, make cards for my family and close friends and then pastoral staff at church if I have time, otherwise I just send out whatever cute card I find.

if i had my cricut here (it's still in Arizona where i spent last winter, and had hoped to this winter, but circumstances changed) i would order the Artiste cartridge and made dozens of Christmas cards using this image. As it is, i am not sure how many i will be sending out! i about swooned when i saw your card. Thanks for sharing

I usually send about 50 cards for Christmas. But sometimes I get so busy doing crafts... Scrapbooks, Pictures..etc. that I run out of time.Hopefully, I will get them ALL done this year!What a beautiful card. That stamp would make a great ornament for my Christmas Tree.

Your card is beautiful!!! I send about 50-60 cards every Christmas, so those are the only cards I don't make. I should try starting really early and making them, but I'm afraid I would get very tired of it.

I really like this card. Not cutesy, classy and elegant. I make 45 to 50 cards each year. I mail about 40 and I deliver the rest with something small like bed socks or toiletries (except one for my project history album) to nearby hospice facilities. I always find at least one person who will be alone for Christmas. It helps me keep things in perspective.

Beautiful card - love it! I make and send 88 Christmas cards. One year I had to buy cards and received many notes from family & friends commenting that they look forward to receiving the hand-crafted cards each year. Nice to know that our crafting brings smiles to others. :)

Beautiful card - love it! I make and send 88 Christmas cards. One year I had to buy cards and received many notes from family & friends commenting that they look forward to receiving the hand-crafted cards each year. Nice to know that our crafting brings smiles to others. :)

Rose said...***THE PERFECT CARD***YOU MAKE SUCH A PERFECT CARD! THE COLORS-MATCH PERFECT! THE BOW-A DOUBLE BOW(ALWAYS)PERFECT! THE STAMP-MATCHES YOUR CARD(ALWAYS) PREFECT! THE GEMS-YOU ALWAYS BRING THAT SPARKLE/BLING TO YOUR CARDS PERFECT!THANKS FOR SHARING YOUR TALENT & THE LOVE YOU HAVE, WITH US EACH DAY!MY CARDS I SEND OUT IS NEVER THE SAME.Rosebud222222222

Beautiful, beautiful card Melanie. I just love this stamp set and Partridge in a Pear Tree paper line. I send out about 25-30 cards, but I make Christmas cards for my daughter as well and she sends out about 50.

This card is pure elegance. :)We send out about 80-90 Christmas cards/year, and we also package some with gifts for neighbors and teachers. Yes, it's quite an assembly line and I haven't yet learned to get them done early!

I send out about 30 Christmas cards each year. For the family, though, I create special cards...like step cards or beautiful tags that double as a card. Maybe they just toss them, but I like the satisfaction of knowing I created something pretty.

Thanks for sharing. So glad I watched a SUPER old video of Joy on glass etching and landed here again.

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